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A swimming pool granuloma is a chronic skin infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium marinum .
A swimming pool granuloma results when water containing an infectious organism, Mycobacterium marinum , enters a break in the skin. A localized infection called a granuloma results after about 3 weeks.
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